Oriel TANANTA, et al., Appellants/Appellees,
v.
CRUISE SHIPS CATERING AND SERVICES INT'L., N.V., et al., Appellees/Appellants.
Rene E. Chamo, Appellant/Petitioner,
v.
Costa Crociere, S.p.A., etc., et al., Appellees/Respondents.
Fernando Simpson, Appellant/Petitioner,
v.
Costa Crociere, S.p.A., etc., et al., Appellees/Respondents.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 22, 2004.
Rehearing Denied April 1, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
The Watford Law Firm and Rebecca B. Watford, Miami; J.M. Perez, Jr.; David H. Pollack; Lipcon, Margulies & Alsina, P.A., Miami; and J.H. Zidell, for appellants/appellees, Tananta.
McAlpin & Brais, P.A., Miami, and Richard J. McAlpin; Robert S. Glazier, James J. Feeney; Russell M. Pfeifer, Miami, for appellee/appellants, Cruise Ships Catering and Services.
McCormick & Koretzky, Miami; Philip D. Parrish, Miami, for appellant, Chamo.
McAlpin & Brais, P.A., and Richard J. McAlpin; Russell Pfiefer, for appellee, Costa Crociere.
Elizabeth K. Russo, Miami; Rivkind, Pedraza & Margulies, Miami for appellant, Simpson.
McAlpin & Brais, P.A., and Richard J. McAlpin; Robert S. Glazier, for appellees, Costa Crociere.
EN BANC
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
SHEPHERD, J.
This consolidated appeal involves the fate of five foreign seamen wishing to litigate their personal injury claims in Miami-Dade County. We are confronted with a recurring question: whether Florida taxpayers via our state court system are required to provide a forum for the resolution of a personal injury claim by a foreign seaman who has had but a fleeting contact here and who is injured on a vessel far from...
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